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Trainer profile

E Bolger

432 runners in the last 5 seasons · 65 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 4 days ago 99% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
50–432
Wins / Runs
11.6%
Strike rate
n=432
119 (28%)
Placed
1.17
Fair A/E
n=432 · 0.95 incl. margin
−176.76
£1 level stake
n=432 at SP · −40.9%
£828k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
14%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 90 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 12% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.17). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 20% (35 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 432 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Aug 43.4% when favourite Mark Walsh: 11.3% from 71 Headgear returns: 20% Sends off the favourite in 12% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Killarney (32.6%, n=43), clear of the yard's 11.6% baseline. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a positive signal at 20% (n=35, Fair A/E 1.68), but debutants struggle at 0% (n=37, Fair A/E 0.00). Mark Walsh rides 16% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (11.3%, A/E 0.91). The yard also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (20.4%, n=113). 16 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown (Dec 2018, £110,000). The stable star of the record: On The Fringe (IRE) — 14 wins from 34 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires May–Aug.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
9.7%−1.9
n=103 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −52.40
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−11.6
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−11.6
n=37 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −37.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−11.6
n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
20%+8.4
n=35 · A/E 1.68 · £1 +0.58
When favourite
43.4%
n=53 · A/E 1.65 · £1 +18.16
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
9.9%−1.7
n=152 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −73.07
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.5%−2.1
n=42 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −14.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.6% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
At Killarney 32.6% vs 11.6% · n=43
With debutants 0% vs 11.6% · n=37
Over 2m5f – 3m 20.4% vs 11.6% · n=113
With C&D winners 22.2% vs 11.6% · n=36
On last-time-out winners 19.6% vs 11.6% · n=46
With headgear back on 20% vs 11.6% · n=35
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Chase 243 30 12.3% −85.37
Hurdle 180 18 10% −88.39
NH Flat 6 2 33.3% +0.00
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 168 20 11.9% −74.28
Good 101 13 12.9% −31.21
Good to Soft 88 11 12.5% −34.92
Heavy 75 6 8% −36.35

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 75 5 6.7% −46.50
Cork 43 2 4.7% −34.00
Killarney 43 14 32.6% +5.88
Kilbeggan 29 3 10.3% −7.90
Ballinrobe 22 2 9.1% −2.50
Listowel 21 4 19% −7.15
Fairyhouse 21 1 4.8% −8.00
Roscommon 20 4 20% +0.08
Thurles 19 1 5.3% −15.00
Limerick 19 3 15.8% −5.42
Wexford 16 1 6.3% −11.00
Navan 15 1 6.7% +0.00
Clonmel 15 1 6.7% −11.00
Tipperary 14 2 14.3% −5.12
Naas 14 0 0% −14.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 42 4 9.5% −14.50
Class 2 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 62 25 40.3% 1.58 +17.91
2nd–3rd fav 98 18 18.4% 1.14 −8.67
4th–6th fav 96 6 6.3% 0.92 −22.00
7th+ in betting 176 1 0.6% 0.22 −164.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
86.8% completed · 423 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 243 81.5% 8 8 29 0 0
Hurdle 180 93.9% 3 2 5 0 1
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Solitary Man (IRE) 28 7 14 22 Aug 26
Stealthy Tom (IRE) 23 5 12 11 May 25
Pride Of Place (IRE)from Michael Hourigan 21 3 7 18 Oct 26
Inthenickoftime (IRE) 21 4 10 6 Oct 26
Mica Malpic (FR)from D Cottin 20 4 9 11 Jul 25
Birchdale (IRE)from Nicky Henderson 19 2 7 12 May 24
Champagne Platinum (IRE)from Nicky Henderson 17 2 3 10 Jun 24
Norwigi (IRE) 17 2 4 25 Sep 23
Tippin And Tappin (IRE) 13 2 3 20 Aug 26
Genois (FR)then Jonjo & A J O'Neill 13 0 6 13 Jul 24
Midnight Maestro (GB)from Alan King 13 1 1 3 Jun 24
Park That (IRE) 11 1 5 6 Jun 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 65 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 1 time. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 60 horses listed, 19 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Joseph Patrick O'Brien (9) and Nicky Henderson (3); 41 had their first archived run for this yard.

7 have since run for another yard; 53 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 3
Only 3 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
10130920141317121960
A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderMark Walsh
16% of all rides
11.3% SR · A/E 0.91
RiderRWSR£1
Mark Walsh 71 8 11.3% −18.37
Simon Torrens 67 7 10.4% −29.38
Darragh O'Keeffe 43 8 18.6% −13.12
Charlie O'Dwyer 33 4 12.1% −7.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
229
Archived wins
16
Pattern / graded wins
£4.07m
Prize money
2016
Best season · 21 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Auvergnat (FR) — Paddy Power Chase (0-150) (Grade B) Leopardstown · Dec 2018 · Grade B
£110,000
Birchdale (IRE) — Bulmers Secret Orchard Leopardstown Handicap Chase (Grade A) Leopardstown · Feb 2022 · Grade A
£73,750
Solitary Man (IRE) — Kilmurray Group Midlands National Handicap Chase (Listed) Kilbeggan · Jul 2026 · Listed
£60,000
Notable horses
On The Fringe (IRE) Ballyoisin (IRE) Garde Champetre (FR) Gilgamboa (IRE) Josies Orders (IRE) Stealthy Tom (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 9.5% · 6–63
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,918 runs since 2008 (1,028 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.7% from 131.
Yeats (IRE) 14.9% · 7–47
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,807 runs since 2008 (704 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
Gleneagles (IRE) 20.7% · 6–29
Progeny have won 11.4% of 4,551 runs since 2008 (444 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 17.2% from 279.
Walk In The Park (IRE) 3.4% · 1–29
Progeny have won 13.2% of 6,941 runs since 2008 (691 horses).
Champs Elysees (GB) 25% · 7–28
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,119 runs since 2008 (521 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.
Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 10.7% · 3–28
Progeny have won 11.4% of 5,815 runs since 2008 (679 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Top line: the yard's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 22 Oct 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

latest 50 of 1,782 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,782 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 27 January 2005 to 18 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Pride Of Place (IRE)J: Charlie O'Dwyer STL Logistics Handicap Steeplechase19.5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 7th 40/1
14 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Take The Free (IRE)J: Mark Walsh TRM Nutrition - No.1 In Europe, Trusted Worldwide Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 13 ran REF 12/1
11 Oct 26 Cork (IRE) Centreofattention (IRE)J: Harry Cobden Kendellen Construction Handicap Hurdle18.5f · Good · 14 ran 10th 20/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Inthenickoftime (IRE)J: Peter Smithers SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 1st 1/1F
28 Sep 26 Roscommon (IRE) Neat As A Pin (IRE)J: Rian Lane Athleague Maiden Hurdle15.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 12th 150/1
25 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Pretty Wild (IRE)J: Harry Cobden Guinness Listowel Mares Handicap Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 9th 9/2
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Take The Free (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Michael Cawe Suspended Ceilings Handicap Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 11th 9/2
07 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Inthenickoftime (IRE)J: Simon Torrens Anglo Printers Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran 1st 9/2
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Where Are You Now (IRE)J: Charlie O'Dwyer Midland Veterinary Beginners Steeplechase20.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran UR 66/1
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Pride Of Place (IRE)J: Charlie O'Dwyer Séan Hughes Memorial 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle25f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 12th 7/1
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Pretty Wild (IRE)J: Joshua Halford Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 3rd 5/1
22 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Solitary Man (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Canella Lane Handicap Steeplechase (Listed)Class 1 · 21f · Good · 10 ran 7th 5/1
21 Aug 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Pride Of Place (IRE)J: Charlie O'Dwyer Tom Lynam Memorial Handicap Hurdle19f · Good · 15 ran F 5/1
20 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Tippin And Tappin (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Brehon Hotel & Spa Handicap Steeplechase21f · Good · 11 ran 2nd 11/1
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Hurling Academy (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Bank Of Ireland Brendan Maloney Memorial Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran 4th 40/1
09 Aug 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Samba Train (IRE)J: Mark Walsh Franco Hughes Away Bet Mares Handicap Hurdle22f · Good · 10 ran 9th 3/1F
08 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Centreofattention (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Wexfordraces.ie Handicap Steeplechase19f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 12/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Inthenickoftime (IRE)J: Simon Torrens Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 18 ran 3rd 8/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Neat As A Pin (IRE)J: Rian Lane www.mourneabbeyoil.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 18 ran 8th 250/1
29 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Solitary Man (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Tote Galway Plate (Handicap Steeplechase) (Grade 3)Class 1 · 22.5f · Good · 22 ran 14th 50/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is E Bolger's strike rate?
E Bolger has won 50 of 432 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 11.6% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does E Bolger do best at?
Killarney by strike rate: 14 wins from 43 runners (32.6%) since 2022. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Who rides most for E Bolger?
Mark Walsh, with 71 runners since 2022 — 16% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (11.3%).
Is E Bolger in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 3 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is E Bolger's Fair A/E?
1.17, from 432 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).